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So you’re saying that everyone who’s been scammed or hacked on the internet at large is at fault, as they should’ve educated…

Cathay Pacific through Hong Kong seems a safe bet, that part of the world seems super unlikely to have any kind of intra-island regional…

6’5” behemoth checking in. Can confirm Subaru Forester fit great, multi-hour drives through windy mountain roads were fun and…

I get it for F1, which is a shitshow on the seas. ‘Alternative’ streams aren’t up to scratch either. Same would go for a lot of…

Think about airline inventory as buckets within buckets, that all drain into the more expensive buckets as the inventory level drops. The…

You’re generally right, the points value $ is kept in a trust and there are a few methods used to ‘burn’ points, both when they’re…

I used to work for one of the big programs, and was involved in the points calculation process. Think of loyalty programs as a broker…

Try the old Cancellation trick, they offered me $20 a month for 6 months to stay on when I went to do it a few weeks back. Good enough to…

Don’t forget to pay taxes on your trailer rental income. Also insurance, maintenance, dealing with inquiries, etc. Your time has value,…

Some of the people in these comments should be on a watchlist. If my dog takes a dump on the nature strip, which you might call your front…

If you like shooters try Escape From Tarkov. Amazing world building and mechanics. There’s literally nothing like it on console, and…

Try mixing in a some sour cream, tones down the heat nicely and still tastes great.

Have you looked into polarised glasses? It would depened on the headlights a bit, but may help cut down the intensity of the glare.

The best way to increase your wage is to switch jobs, and to focus your learning & skill development on making yourself easy to hire.…

I’m curious what they’re using the collected customer data for that makes it worth $25 a pop. They did the math and there’s an upside…

The bank is not the government. They don’t care whether you’re innocent OR guilty, just that you’re a risk to their business. And…

Buying thousands of $ of gift cards triggers risk warnings on their side, especially with the pattern you described. It feels like Money…

I play this while listening to audio books when I want to decompress from work. Sure, it’s repetitive, but so are all Looters. Ignore the…

Specs are meaningful to some degree, but the main thing that will make you love or hate it is the user experience. It’s like when people…

This entire situation is an embarrassment for OzB and @Scott, letting this site ABOUT BARGAINS become a Twitter-level flame war, and the…

Consider how much effort goes into getting these ‘free’ gifts. Is it even worth your time, for the sake of some cheap Wish-level…

Have you paid your latest statement? They like to lock your account about a week after the due date if you forget to make a payment. They…

For context, if you’re making over $250k you’re in the 99th percentile of earners in Australia. That’s the top 1%. We’re either a…

That’s irrelevant for this particular type of message. The Spam Act defines what counts as Marketing and Service messaging, Service…

This kind of messaging falls into the Service message definition in the Spam Act, and is perfectly legal. ACMA won’t do anything about…

School kids won’t need 512GB unless they’re doing video editing or other heavy stuff. Can save a couple hundred bucks if that matters.

They won’t need a MacBook Pro, an Air will be plenty for what they need, and it has amazing battery life and ticks all the boxes. Also a…

My employer doesn’t even have office space anymore, and we’re spread out across the world, so going into an office would mean seeing…

Is there any point in spending all that time & effort for the sake of $12? Even if they were on sale with $50 off I’d take convincing to…

You’re not getting the responses you want, but you haven’t explained your use case. From one of the comments someone mentioned 4K…